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California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops

389 points · 987 comments · randycupertino

toomuchtodo · 1790628296 · focus · HN ↗
If you’re a domestic US wine lover, now is a great time to be buying if you have the space to store it.
1. JumpCrisscross · 1790628483 · focus · HN ↗
  :D
  That said, American wine—and California wine in particular—has a bit of an IPA problem inasmuch as there is a lot of overpriced, overproduced swill being priced exceptionally high by international standards.
  1. _jwr · 1790634089 · focus · HN ↗
    It is incredibly difficult to sustainably run a winery in California. The margins are often negative without operating at a large scale, which is part of why the industry has consolidated heavily over the past few decades.
    Often times, wealthy people buy wineries as a hobby to dabble in, but end up selling and calling it a day before it drains their cash. If you want to buy wine for cheap that is made in California, buy mass-market wine.
    Smaller brands are generally expensive because that price is necessary to sustain operations, but most of the time that fails, and the owners end up selling.

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